SHALLOW      Come, coz; come, coz; we stay 4 U. A word with
U, coz; marry, this, coz: thr is, as 'twere, a
tender, a kind of tender, made afar off by Sir Hugh
here. Do U underst& me?

SLENDER      Ay, sir, U shl find me reasonable; if it b so,
I shl do th@ that is reason.

SHALLOW      Nay, bt underst& me.

SLENDER      So I do, sir.

SIR HUGH EVANS      Give ear 2 his motions, Master Slender: I will
description d matter 2 U, if U b capacity of it.

SLENDER      Nay, I will do as my cousin Shallow says: I pray
U, pardon me; hez a justice of peace in his
country, simple though I st& here.

SIR HUGH EVANS      bt th@ is nt d question: d question is
concerning Ur marriage.

SHALLOW      Ay, thrz d point, sir.

SIR HUGH EVANS      Marry, is it; d very point of it; 2 Mistress Anne Page.

SLENDER      y, if it b so, I will marry her upon ne
reasonable dem&s.

SIR HUGH EVANS      bt can U affection d 'oman? Let us comm& to
know th@ of Ur mouth / of Ur lips; 4 divers
philosophers hold th@ d lips is parcel of the
mouth. thr4e, precisely, can U carry Ur
good will 2 d maid?

SHALLOW      Cousin Abraham Slender, can U luv her?

SLENDER      I hope, sir, I will do as it shl become one that
wud do reason.

SIR HUGH EVANS      Nay, Gotz lords & his ladies! U must speak
possitable, if U can carry her Ur desires
towards her.

SHALLOW      th@ U must. Will U, upon good dowry, marry her?

SLENDER      I will do a gr8er thing than that, upon Ur
request, cousin, in ne reason.

SHALLOW      Nay, conceive me, conceive me, sweet coz: wot I do
is 2 pleasure U, coz. Can U luv d maid?

SLENDER      I will marry her, sir, @ Ur request: bt if thr
be no gr8 luv in d beginning, yet heaven may
decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are
married & hv more occasion 2 know one another;
I hope, upon familiarity will grow more contempt:
bt if U say, 'Marry her,' I will marry her; that
I am freely dissolved, & dissolutely.

SIR HUGH EVANS      It is a fery discretion answer; save d fall is in
the ort 'dissolutely:' d ort is, according 2 our
meaning, 'resolutely:' his meaning is good.

SHALLOW      Ay, I think my cousin meant well.

SLENDER      Ay, / else I wud I might b hanged, la!

SHALLOW      Here comes fair Mistress Anne.

[Re-enter ANNE PAGE]

Wud I were Ung 4 Ur sake, Mistress Anne!

ANNE PAGE      d dinner is on d table; my father desires Ur
worships' company.

SHALLOW      I will wait on him, fair Mistress Anne.

SIR HUGH EVANS      Odz plessed will! I will nt b absence @ d grace.

[Exeunt SHALLOW & SIR HUGH EVANS]

ANNE PAGE      Will't plz Ur worship 2 come in, sir?

SLENDER      No, I thank U, 4sooth, heartily; I am very well.

ANNE PAGE      d dinner attends U, sir.

SLENDER      I am nt a-hungry, I thank U, 4sooth. Go,
sirrah, 4 all U R my man, go wait upon my
cousin Shallow.

[Exit SIMPLE]

A justice of peace sumtimes may b beholding 2 his
friend 4 a man. I keep bt three men & a boy
yet, till my mother b dead: bt wot though? Yet I
live like a poor gentleman born.

ANNE PAGE      I may nt go in w/o Ur worship: they will not